Roshonara Choudhry

Roshonara Choudhry (1989-) was an English Islamist student who attempted to assassinate UK Labor Party member of parliament Stephen Timms on 14 May 2010.

Biography
Roshonara Choudhry was born in 1989 to a family of Muslim Bengalis that settled in East Ham, England. She studied English and communications at King's College, but the university's awarding of Shimon Peres and its anti-radicalization programs led to Choudhry accusing the college of being anti-Islamic and leaving school. Choudhry was radicalized by Anwar al-Awlaki's Islamist propaganda videos online, and on 14 May 2010 she stabbed UK Labor Party politician Stephen Timms twice in the abdomen with a six-inch knife while reaching to "shake his hand". She claimed that the attack was in revenge for Timms supporting the Iraq War, and he was fortunate not to have been killed in the near-fatal attack. Choudhry was given a life sentence as the result of her attempted assassination of Timms.